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A GREAT RECORD.
Tho Splendid Showing OF the Government
t'fs L'fc.SavlnE Service. al

Tho Splendid Showing OF the Government
t'fs L'fe.savlng Service. IL
WASHINGTON, Nov. 28.-Tne following
is an abstract Of the annual report Of Mr..
s. I. Kirnbsll, Superintendent of the Lie
Saving Service. The establishment en-
brsced a. the close of the last fiscal year
2l2 stations. The number of disasters
during the year was 1872. On board OF
these vessels were G. 1927 persona, Of whom
6.262 we've saved and 55 Lost. The value
OF the vessels involved in the diaaaters 10
&4.7S6925, and that Of their csrgoes
s.. .2Ss IT'S, making tho total value of pro.
perty St. .O75. 700. OF which ST, 7SS, 800 was
saved aad $l,2S8,SsO was lost. The
total number Of vessels totally los.
was seyensy-two. Basides the foregoing
there were during the year one hundred
aud thirty.tlve Casualties to smallor craft,
such as eail boats, row boats, etc, on which
there we.e 274 persons, 27l Of whom were
saved. The following tables give SUM.
mary OF tho statistics Of tho service from
the intro duction Of tho present system in
1871 to the close Of the fiscal year: Total
number ot disasters, 3,S52; total value OF
vessels and careoeB involved, SG5, ,549, ,779:
saved, s47,330,y ,y02; lost, slS.2lO.7SS : To.
tai number Of persona involved, 35,427;
saved, -. $50; lost, 544. Tho loss Of Life
as stated above includes 1873 persons los,
at the wrecks OF the steamers Huron and
Metropolis, and also fourteen other per.
eons really not chargsble to the service,
leaving the total number Of lives lost dur.
ing the sixteen years Of the existence Of
the system only S47 out Of over $1,000 in.
yolyed. IsF.l ~ "a 81 =.
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FOREIGN AFFAIRS. 4
aREvY,s sEslaN NATION
His MsssnEo on Thursday will DO shprt and
to tho Point-The American Dynnmitcrs
in London-rhe Actions OF Cox and
sheehy Other Foreign Sows. y t7

PARIS, Nov. 2S,-Tho Congress Of the
Senate and Ohanbsr Of Deputies will
meet on Friday at Versailles to elect q
successor 10 President Grovy. PRECEDENT
Grevy's message Of resignation will be
nhors. He will dlsclaim all responsibility
for tho consequences OF his retirement.
Elections woro held yesterday In Auxerre,
Arras and Lille to I'll vacancies in the
Chamber Of Deputies. In Auxerre tho
Radical candidate. M. Horveer, was auc.
cessful, polling 3O.674 votes nsainst 10 rs
for M. Regnier, Opportunist.
In Arrss NJ. Camecassc, Republican,
was olec!ed, his vote being $4,000 osainst
1000 Tor NJ. Lsbittu, Conservative. In
Lille there was two vacancies to fll, and
the Republican candidates were succeea.
tul In both cases. The voso wss ss fol.
lows: NJ. Pierre Le Grand and NJ. Maxine
LIE Comte, Republicans, l45, 900; NJ. De-
Lasslls and NJ. .'Funville, Conservatives,
$4,000. 80 ''''H'
A Cairo dispatch says tho Dakc Ds
Charters has abandoned his journey to
upper Egypt and will leave Cairo to.mo,.
row for Europe. HII !.
In tho Chamber Of Deputies to-day M. (
Rouvier moved Tor on adjournment OF tho
House until Thursday, at the same time
stating that the Government would then \
make an important communication.
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EX-GOV. ST. JOHN
sEEs AN ENCOURAGING FUTURE
For the Prohibition party-Ho says His
Party Ii tho only Ono that Increases Ia I
Numbers and that It Is Fighting to
Win-He 10 not a Candidate.

CHICAGO, Nov. 2S.-Ex.Govornor J. P.
81. John, Of Kansas. Is In the city for the
purpose OF attending a meeting Of the
National Committee OF the Prohibition
party to DO hold nex. week. The meet.
Ing is csllod to Ill tho vacancy caused by
the death Of the Chairman, Hon. B. F.
Dlnch, and to FIX the time and placs for
holding the next National Convention.
"The result Of the recent State elections
has been very gratifying to us," aaid hir.
st. John. "Tho fact Ia that we are the
only party that Is increasing In numbers
or has any asht in It. The two old parties
are at ntand.ntill becsuae they have no
particular principle to fight for, while we
are fighting ior .morslity and right. We
are no longer standing up just to be count.
ed, but are fighting to win"
"shall you again be candidate for
President ?" s,1.s5 III
mo, cir; omphalically no. Under no
circumstances will I allow my name to
90 befors the convention, and 1t is too
early to tell from where We may choose
our standard bearer" &f,'S S.lll.1
"Are you satirhsd with tho workings Of
prohibition In Kansas7" -s..r
Perfectly. Think any candid peraon,
who compares the condition OF our pro-
hibtion State with tina. OF any license
State could not but DO convinced that pro.
hibilion could end does prohibit. In
Kansas codntry towns you will see no ga
loon eign, upon every other door, and the
people will be found to be industrious,
pro5perous, contsntsd aud happy, con.
stantly advancing In wealth and intelli.
gencs. High licanss Is fraud and a
sham.
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TIE CHICAGO GAS TRUST,
Tho Contest Ono OF Great Interest to tho
whole Country.

Tho Contest Ono OF Great Interest to tho
whole Country.
New York, Nov. 2S,-In regard to tho
Chicago Gas Trust, tho Times this morn.
ing asys:
"rhe contest in Chicago is one in which
the people OF other American cities, and
tho poopls OF tho wnols country, arc in
terestsd, because it ID gu attempt on the
part OF the people 10 cscape tho thralldom
Of n True: monopoly. Such monopolies
are coming into existence in all pa.!u OF
the land, and thua for no remedy for the
evil has been applied. We are confident
that remedies aro provided By our lsws,
but they have not bBen used. The people
Of Chicago now have on. excellent oppor-
tuniiy TO use them. A eucceesful applica.
ton OF them for their own protection
might lead to the overthrow Of trust mon.
opnIieB olsewlero.
Ole OF the lRwyera who appeared in the
recent suit before Judge Tuley, suggests
that thu Attorney General, OF Illinois
ehould begin proceedings to annul the
charter OF tho Trust and tho charters Of
the absorbed companies. This suggestion
points to o remedy that must eventually, we
think, bs applied in many cases like this.
How good case can be made sgaiDst the
Gas Trust We do not know, for the people
Seem possibly to have granted to it a
charter which empowered 1t to do the
things which it has done, but as against
tho absorbed compariea, proceedings for
tho annulment Of their charters might be
passed. upon sufficient grounda. These
companies were not AUTHORISED or per-
mitted to merge themselves into monop-
oily. The people did not charter them for
any auch purpose. s,5sl:
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A CELEBRATED CASE
ENDS IN BEAxToN COUNTY.
The Mooutchson-iIool olunE Affair OF Last
,April-McCutohoon Found Guilty of
K Hnasiaughter and Given n Light
sontenos-Nsw Militia Ohiosrs.

Special Dispatch 10 the Inl<lltgenoer. .i.'
BRA1roN O. H., W. Va, Nov. 2S.-Ar.
mold and Robert McOutcheon, defendants
In the celebrated sMcCutcheou.M cOlung
murder trial were to-day sentenced by
Judge Henry Brannon, before whom they
were tried, each to six months imprison.
ment and to pay a lno Of two hundred
and fifty dollars. ~ sl
Senator Ksnna, W. E. Chiffon and J.
W. st. Clair represented the defendants.
The speeches of Senator Konna and
Prosecuting Attorney Alderson were both
mastery efforts. Both McClung and the
McOutcheons are well and largely con:
nectad in Eloholaa county. Tho ereate.t
excitement prevailed during the trial.
All pa:ties, however, seemed to be aatls.
fed with the vardict and the sentence.
The history OF this now celebrated case Is
briefly told: Last April Arnold B. Nc.
Cutcheon shot and killed Cyrus MaClung.
McC!ung was u school teacher and Nc.
t:nlchecn had the contract for furnishing
tho school house with wood. A month
before the killing the parties had diff.
Guilty about the wood being hauled aud
left on the play ground. Each threatened
the other, but they did not come to
blows. They talked about one another
In the neighborhoOd, and in a short :ime
the unfriendliness grew into deadly en-.
nifty. On the day the tragedy occurred,
McCluug met McCutcheen and his broth
or Robert, who were going to the mill
With q elsd. McClupg and Robert Nc.
Cutcheon had fow words, and McOlung
declared he was going to his boarding
house where there were two guns and Il
he got thero before they paeacd that they
should never pass. They separated
and McCluDg started for his boarding
house, but Robert took q near cut and
reached the house first, got tho gura and
hid them. When McOlung reached the
house and found the guns gone he Hot
large navy revolver, and wont out to the
road and met Arnold, who waa driving the
sled. When McOung got nsar the eled
Arnold jumped out, and as he did so Nc
Ciulg struck him on the head with the
butt end Of bis revolver, knocking him 10
bis kuees. In this position Arnold drew
q revolver which Robert had given him q
few minutes before and shot McClung
twice, both shots striking him in the back.
The main conflict in the evidence was
as to whether McClung was rosreating.
The weight Of evidence going to chow
that he was. Both the McCutchecnaw were
indicted for murder, and tho trial begun
on Thureday, November II. They cloaeu
fox argument last Tburedsy. The speeches
consumed three days, and at 7p. N. Sa.ur-
day tbs case wss given to the jury. At
midniSh! they brought in verdict Of in
voluntary granddaughter, With the above
result.
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THE STANDARD OIL CASE.


hAossons ,..E-.
WASHINGTON, Nov. 28.-All tho wit
nesses ohtairaJ bsfo,a +bo Intor.sto,o
CS ~ s...o Wv . '.a'o
oommerce commission to-day IN the
Standard oil csses, had been sworn and
e1amiued before. and their evidenc, was
in ,rast no,t .x,lon.t,rr =, oIohos,.;,,o
:. Ste'' pay eAp'"nAs'iy VI eiaoolaslVe
Oh that alresdy brought out.
Mr.. Murray, the General Freight Agen:
of tho Iron Mountain and Missonri Pacific
linn, 90 .. ;ro;ds,.o,1r ,or,a ;at.-as.:.s 80
Ae'' gave 'no'ueis"l'y eonie interesting
iacta about cotton seed oil. Ten years
ago, he said, the only demand for the pro.
duct was from abroad, ,whence Il came
,,.o,. - :, =. ,,;,a ~ rh. ;-s., 80
scn 49, " 4s 4sn ~ oa.se to ol ane inaugusation
n..soi.r so Va sao - .h Sa' to " Transporting
s,,;nn ~ tue ooun oa,.a auo,usu cnesp
nn",h @ ~ a svsttns so'.os seoa W 70 tne
nG,an u,;.a rn.nsn ~. A eass, "n4Su ~ouu otnei-
naao ",ao .ha aona.aal. eps, anu ssie sesulI nas
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THE EDISON LIGHT.
Tho Agent here, md suys Wheeling Is o,
the C0mpRn1's I.iAt.

AHo agent mere, ana snys Wheeling 10 on
the Compan.'s List. .
Mr.. F. R. Chinnock, OF Brooklyn, rep.
resenting the E1iuon system Of electric
lighting, YVES in tho city las. night on his
way from PlttSburgh 10 Parkersburg,
where he goes to superintend the starting
up Of new Edison plant that has been
put in the works OF tho Camden Cor,soli.
dated Oil Company. An INrELLIaENCgg
reporter had a half hours talk with Mr.,
Chinnock at the Mcclure, and learned
that no has Wheeling on the list as ono
OF the prominent towns in tho country
whose merchants will in the near future
prefer tho famous Edison incandescent
light to all other lights of whs!evsr kind.
he Gays that ths company has been eolic-
1ted to establish plant here by business
men Of prominence and capital, and con.
siderable correspondence has already been
had with him. Who they are he is not
Just yet at liberty to atate.
MI. Chinnock tslEg very entertaininely
on the subject Of electric lighting, and OF
course claims that tho Edison is tho boat,
The Edison company has from thu outset
been 80 busy that 1t has never had occa.
sion to send agents out to eolictt; the
soliciting has always been on tho other
side, and is still. The company controls
the patents Of over $50 electrical appli.
ances, all OF which they manufacture and
many Of which other electric light com.
Panies are compelled to purchase from
them. ~. : =,
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NEW MILITIA OFFICERS.


Ritchie Guards Select Men to Succeed Those
WHO Have Gore up Higher.
Special Dispatch TO the ha&lige.oer.
RlTcnlR O. H., W. Va, Nov. 2s-Tho
Ritchie Guards assembled Saturday night
for the purpose Of electins Captain and
Second Lieutenant, these Offices being
made vacant by the recent election Of R.
q. Frcer Major Of the First Battalion of
West Virginia, and the appointment of l..
G. Bennington, adjutGnt of the Battalion.
There wera ceveral candidates. for CAN
tain, but W.. s. Hamilton and J. II. Linin-
ger we're the only two who made the can.
vaea, which resulted in the election OF the
former, on the FIST ballot, by vote Of
"a to II.
L R. Fox, J. NJ. Heaton, O. K. Pier
point and John Trainer wero the contest
ants for the Second Lieutenantcy. Two
balloto wero taken and Fox was declared
elected by small majority. @. a. Mus.
grove was promoted from sacond Ser
geant to Orderly Sergeant, and N. J.
!.ough Taa appointed Fifth Sergeant.
The selections give general satisfaction
to outsiders, especially that OF Captain,
and MIR. Hamilton waa warmly congratu.
lated upon hin eucces5,
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Editor, Marked FOR Persecution.

DUBLIN, Nov. 2s-Aiter the aecond
trial OF Lord Mayor Sullivan, editor OF the
Nation, for printing reports Of meetings Of
suppressed branches OF tho National
League, the Government will prosecute
number Of editors OF papess for publishing
similar reports. sl5s5'a5gt
The Freeman's Journal asserts that tho
arrest OF news agents for ceiling copiea OF
the United Ireland io illegal If It ia illegal,
It says, the Dublin dspo,s o. the Right
Hon. William Smiths News Company are
guilty OF the came nfanse, as they have
sold Thousands Of United lrslands. ~
The Freemun's Journal declares that tho
combining Of Mr. Msndoville in sinking
cell at Tullamoro ptinon for refusing to
cleanse utensis and exercise in company
with ordinary criminals is as ecandalous
as the worat outrage committed in Bonn.
bay or Nespoliten prisons. ~ E.
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THE ANARCHIST ORGAN
discusses tho Pfospects Tor Trouble at tho
sgs Turners' Big Celebration,

d
CHICAGO, Nov. 2S.-Tho following ex.
tracts from IN article In tho Sunday issue
Of the Arbeitr Ztista.g, GRO interesting
at this luncturs, as there has been
some question II q celebration such
as the Central Labor Union and mum.
Der OF ninging and turning societies in.
tend to have December 10 would lead to
any troubles. Referring to the attempts
to prevent any speaking Rt such q meet.
Ing, the paper says: "The committee that
has rented Battery D hall for the grand
celebration DecsmbOr 10, Ia compelled 10
fight thls inBidious means, which In the full
consciousness Of Its guilt, dare not ap.
proach ita honest opponents openly, but
only tries to obstrucs their way by trick.
cry. It Is sad that such things can hap.
pen, but 1t Is eleysting that Friday even.
Ing the delegates Of the nino turning
societies declared 40 one man: |:
!" 1T In our duty as Turner's to protect
freedom OF speech. AS thirty years ago
our brothers Of the Olnclnnsti Turnger.
munde considered 1t their sacred duty to
protect the noble Wendell Phillips with
tuuH ,Uuuicd hkhluut luUD tQAt uHU D ma
jority, but WAS governed by stupidity and
villainyl As they were ready to giyo up
blood and lie for the Constitution and
tho liberty Of speech guaranteed by 1t,
thus We will alao stand fest and true,
when John Glaya steps on tho platform
and speaks to the working people OF the
past, present and futurs.' f'EG'-r a5 -
"fhoae were true Turner's that spoke in
that strain, and We entertain the Arm hope
that those TurnorB also who are In a
minority In the so called Conservative
Societies will be sound Oh thia question;
that they will alao know where their place
is, II anybody. whoever 1t may be, should
make frivolous, treaaonable attempt ian
attempt deserving Of death) to outrage the
right Of the people. But 1t will not come
TO this. The articleH goes on to say that
the citizens association will not let 1t come
to this lor lack Of courage, and that organ.
izasion would not 80 soon after the 11th
day Of November provoke a riot, the
termination of which would be, at least,
doubtful" .-1 ri
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A Serious Blaze In pi,tsbureb.

PITTSBURGH, Pa, Nov. 2S.-A fire broke
out in the cabinet shop Of Guchert 4 Co.,
Strawberry and Cherry alloys this after.
noon, and destroyed the building and CON.
tents. The shop WAS fou.-siory brick
structure and filled with iul ,mmsble ma.
terlai: sixty men were employed in the
building. Four Of them we're cut Of from
the stairways by the flames, Loaf their
presence Of mind and jumped from the
windows Of tho top aoor to the street.
John Dsdig had bolh thighs and biu Jaw
broken and will die. Louis Ihlic and
William sleimp caught hold of telephone
wires as they fell and escaped With ugly
bruises. John Diving jumped to ladder
the tiremen wero raising and was but
eiight!y injured. While working about
the fire Hugh Pracksn, g fireman, fell
from two.story building and was seri-
ouely hurt. Guckert & Co. lose sis 600,
and their insurance amounte 10 SIO, 900.
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JACQUES wlssLEn DEAD.

Tho EngrAver who Made the Plates for
n1nkins Confederate Money.
PHILADELPHIA, Pa, Nov. 2S.-Jacques
Wiss!er, who engraved nearly all tho
plates from which the money and bonds
Of the Confederate s!atea Of America were
printed, died yesterday 6! his homo in
Csmien New Jerssy, aged eighty.iour
years. Until Jew years ago, whom ago
began TO affect the accuracy Of hia hsrd,
no WAS one OF the most skilliul lisho-
grsphers il this country. Besidcs his
skill in that profession, hc was an ast;s.
OF 10 mean ability, and his portrait work
in creyon sad oil wss in much demand
almost UP to his death.
Flr. Wissler was born in Straaburg in
1903 lie wau educated III Paris, and
spoke fiys languages with more than ordi.
nary hueucy. He caue to this country in
1919. and was employed by G well.known
lithographinS firm. He remaiued with
them until just before the breaking out OF
tho war, when ho was engaged at much
increased aalary by a Nov York firm of
Atluklep1Glo. AuSJ Es o1lCC CeopGtCieu
him 10 Richmond, telling him the! he
would thsrs be instructed as to hia work.
Within g few days after his arrival Fort
Sumter was fiyod on, and he found himself
in the whirlpool Of the great civil conflict.
Mr. Wiss!er was informed that he WAS
assigned to the work Of creating tho paper
money and bonds OF tho new Conieder.
acy, and although his sympathies were
with the North, he found himself virtually
a prisoner ut the rebel capital. He lnado
the best OF the situation, went faithfully
to work, and sent for his wife and family.
They were outspokon in their loyalty to
the Union cause, but, on account Of the
husbands poaition, were not disturbed
during the four years Of bloody strife.
MIR. WiEs!er acquired snug fortune
while making money for the Coniederacy,
but they grew suspicious Of him toward
the close Of the war, and confiscGted hiu
estate. After tho cessation OF hostilities
he purchased farm near Macon, Missia-
oippi, and resided there for several years
finally coming to Camden. t
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Tho Dressed aIoats War.

CnlcAao, Nov. . 2S-Tho Chicsgo &
Grand Trunk opsned the week to-day
with another reduction in tho. dressed
men.o tsriEa, bringing them down to l4t
cent? hundred pounds from Chicsgo to
Boston and New England points. Tho
competing lines met 1t but the Psnnayl-
vania limo refused to reduca its rate below
l43, whero they stopped Friday last. Tho
Baltimore 4 Ohio also virtually dropped
out By withholding ito vote. The Wander
bilts and the Chicago & Atlantic met the
reduction Of the ChicaSo 4 Grand Trunk
with tho exception OF to Pittsburgh, 1t DO.
ing agreed tla! rates to that point should
bo held mp to SS1 conts, which is OH the
basin Of Al to Nov York.
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IN. n
A Valuable Discovery.

WAsurSaroN, D. O., Nov. 28.-Ihe e1.
psriments with tho incandescent electric
light which have bsen made at the tor.
pedo station at Newport have developed a
novel use for the little lamps, and one
that is said to promiae to be Of great value
in naval warfare. With lamps Of about
100 candle power fastened on the ends OF
poles submerged in the sea to depth OF
twenty feet, water 10 go illuminated that
ohjscts can he distinguished in radius OF
15O feet. There is no glare from the sub.
merged Light to betrsy the light. It is be.
lievsd that by this means boat can coun.
termine an ensmy's field OF submarines
by cutting their cables, or sweeping them
to one side. It is probable that torpedo
launches will be equipped with these
lights in the future. 55';.j5s. s1S17i
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,st will testiiy tomorrow.
Two Eye.tVltuospes.

Sioux Cry, Iowa, Nov. 2s.-The moat
important witncERea for the defence to-day
in the Hsddock trial were J.. O. Peteraon
alias julie, and Gus Schmidt, both claim.
ing to be eye.witneeaes. julio Teceivsd an
injury in his head, and since then
his family have not considered him re-
sponsible, Ho tells conflicting stories
Of the tragedy. schmit swesrs he wit.
messed tho murder while lying on bed
about thirty feet distant and that he never
rose from the bed after tho fatal shot and
never told any one Tha. he saw until
weeks sfterTard. Both are severely
handled in cross examination. ~
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A BANK IN TROUBLE.
Loose Eusin ess Methods Of tho Cashier md

Aooso nosiuchS 4Aciuoub OK tno CRsLlcr md
Directors. tl-.t
New YoRE, Nov. 2S.-The Ninth
avenue bank is under examine.
ton by the State Bank E1smi.
ner. The statement Of the banks condi.
ton September 18th last showed resources
$3.50. 900. and liabilities S245,o42. There
was $32 900 due from certain d.
rectors. How much Cashier Hubbard hae
loaned without consultation with tho d.
rectors is still unknown. It is known he
discounted notes made or endorscd
by William G. Jones, one OF the direc.
tora, whoss wss President OF : the
North Belleyille Quarry Company, which
went into, the hands Of receiver last
August. There are number OF iudg.
ments againet him. The bank also has,
tho notes Of endorsement Of NJ. Z. Inpor..
soil, late treasurer Of the stymus Manu-.
featuring Company. :,
Director Arnold said to-day that colfat-
eral securities On which the loans of
Jones and Ingersoll were made
are sufficient to pay the claims. Other
directors say that depositora will be-
paid in full, but TINT the directors
and stockholders may have to make up
portion Of the capital. -